Early in the morning, in a small mansion located in the southern part of the city, in one of the chambers of the small mansion sat an old man dressed in Butler clothes.
Currently, this old man had a troubled expression on his aged face and the reason for his current expression was in front of him, it was none other than a box, not the box itself that troubled the old butler but the contents of the box.
Inside the box was a severed head and a letter written with blood, it was the head of the black assassin that failed his assassination attempt on Alex last night.
Upon reading the bloody letter, the old butler couldn't help but shiver in fear.
[Tell Gareth to teach his son and wife how to behave or next time there won't be only one head coming his way but a dozen of heads.]
Gareth was the second name of Baron, to think the other party even knew this, even knew it was Madam's doing. This could only mean one thing, that the other had information on the whole Fishburns' family.
The old butler couldn't only sigh helplessly, ''I guess it was foolish of us to have attempted anything. The young man's background is not small. The meaning of this message is clear, the young man must not be trifled with. Madam can only swallow her hatred or else it will be the end of the Fishburns family.''
''The time to leave this town has come.''
The old butler stored the box and letter before starting to order the other servants to back their things, they are leaving immediately.
....
In another location, the figure of Alex and Gracier could be seen in the guild as usual.
They just came in after eating their breakfasts with the mother-daughter pair.
En route, Alex had learned what happened, how Eleonora had kindly helped his sister. He even praised Gracier for accidentally meeting Eleonora.
'Shameless.' was the only word that came into Silveria's head when she heard Alex's praise.
As for Alex's mental condition after having killed another human for the first time, he was feeling okay as if he had done nothing in the first place. In this world where the strong rules, you kill or either be killed.
Alex was in peace with himself because he won't go on his way slaughtering people, he will only kill those who will be after his life.
~Back to the present.
As the two entered the Guild, they draw all the attention more than normal because of Alex's change.
So naturally, whispers starting flying here and there as curious eyes scanned Alex's body.
Alex and Gracier advanced toward Leena's counter unbothered.
''Morning Leena.''
The siblings said at the same time.
Having already noticed the early commotion Leena smiled and said,
''Morning Alex, morning Gracier.''
''Alex, I was expecting you to get few boons on your journey but I did not expect this change. You are like a different person. It's guarantee that you'll make a lot woman fall for you just with this look of yours.'' Leena added.
''Are you included?" Alex immediately asked back.
''You need more than just a look to get this Big sister,''
Leena responded with a smile.
''I thought so,''
Alex said before switching to another subject.
''Thank you for the help last night.''
''You welcome.''
Alex had learned what happened last night when he was dead asleep.
Silveria informed him of his late-night visitor.
Alex was too dead tired to notice anything and the alcohol in his blood didn't help too much either.
The assassin leaving (probably killed) was, without doubt, Leena's doing, hence why he thanked her.
He had expected Larry's men to make a move but not on the same day, it was good he had informed Leena in the advance or he would fend off whoever was sent his way all by himself and what would have happened if the other was too strong? He might die or worse Gracier, therefore he opted for using Leena's help.
After they exchanged few words with Leena and other receptionists, Alex left for the request border leaving his sister in the girls' company as she got dragged and bombarded with questions, questions about her Big brother, the change he went through.
As Alex was looking at the request board in the search for an appropriate request for the day, a person suddenly called out to him. When he turned to face the voice, he saw the figure of Eleonora, the plain looking girl who recently helped his sister.
''Seems like you're now back. Fufufu! You even become handsome all of sudden. I wonder what happened to you. Care to share it with this Big sister?" Eleonora said she couldn't conceal the growing curiosity inside her.
And it went without saying that Alex wasn't going to entertain the curious girl.
''Morning, Eleonora. Thank you for kindly helping my sister, I appreciate it. Maybe you two should do this often.'' Alex said with the corner of his lips lifted upwards.
'Not gonna happen. Sigh! I guess you two are not that different when it comes to taking advantage of others.' Eleonora thought inwardly while outwardly she maintains her smiling face not saying anything.
''I owe you one,'' Alex added.
''What kind of request are you planning to take today?" Eleonora asked.
''I'm still searching,'' Alex answered and continued to search for a request on the board.
''I see. Why don't we do a quest together?"
Eleonora asked. Naturally, she was doing this for a certain purpose. She wants to use this chance to get to learn more about Alex.
Realizing Eleonora's plan from her words and the look in her eyes, Alex gave a wry smile as he felt troubled, normally he would have immediately refused her, however this time it was hard to, because of what she had done.
''Eleonora, you shouldn't be so unreasonable to others. Every person has their circumstances.''
Seeing Alex's troubled face, the man standing behind Eleonora chided her.
Alex had seen the man earlier, however, he mistook him for another Adventurer waiting for his turn to choose a request. However, it seems it wasn't the case, this man was with Eleonora, they were going to complete a quest together.
''Shut up Marcus. Let me talk.'' Eleonora shouted back.
''You- I thought you said we going to complete a quest together,''
Marcus said with a flustered expression because blood was rushing toward his head, normal he had just been yelled at in front of a stranger.
''We will but with the brother-sister pair,'' Eleonora said.
''Why?" Marcus asked.
While those two were busy bickering, Alex finally stumbled upon a request.
The content of the request was the investigation of another forest near the Mira Forest, there was no rank requirement but it required a minimum of 4 people to accomplish it.
(Should I take this quest with them? Like this, I could repay her. I don't like to owe.) Alex mused over.
''What do you think about this quest?" Alex asked Eleonora pointing at the request he just read.
Eleonora hastily scanned the content of the request.
At first, she was smiling as if she had seen the completion of her plan, however, the more she read the quest the more her smile disappeared until she stopped to completely smile.
''A forest investigation, the reward is large for such a request, Four Gold coins, huh! However, because not much is know about that place, hence the investigation, I don't know what kind of monsters will appear there. It's tempting but dangerous at the same time.'' Eleonora thought with a clouded expression.
Alex also thinking the same thing why he tried to know what she thought about the matter.
One should know that requests that had no rank requirements, their rewards were often either extremely low or high with a matching risk.
In this case, concerning the investigation into the forest near the Mira Forest, if anything, it was the latter kind as what monsters would appear was unknown. The risk would be high.
After contemplating for a moment Eleonora shook her head because the risk in this quest was high, also she didn't want to show more than she should in the case of something unexpected happening. She just wants to get some pieces of information on Alex's skills.
''Sorry, this quest is filled with unknown variables. Search for another quest.'' Eleonora said.
''There isn't any other quest for us to take in a group. It was the only one I saw.'' Alex explained.
''I see. it's regrettable then. Well, we will have plenty of occasions to do quest together in the future.''
Eleonora said while letting out a sigh as she stared at the fuming Marcus.
''Let go. See you soon Alex. Greet your sister for me.''
''I will.''
Leaving these words behind Eleonora left with Marcus to complete a request they must have previously chosen.
Seeing their backs off, Alex started looking for a good request for two people.
When he was thinking about selecting an appropriate one, from the corner of his eyes he noticed someone approaching him.The approaching individual was obviously looking at Alex, anyone would understand that he was looking for him, and judging by the way he was arrogantly walking, Alex had an idea of what the other party's goal was going to be.
Flashing an evil grin, Alex thought, 'Another fool'〖Indeed〗Silveria also shared the same thought.